'Arrested Development' producer says Season 5 will premiere next year on Netflix

There's a light at the end of the tunnel for "Arrested Development" fans waiting for a new season of the cult comedy.

Producer Brian Grazer said that the series is set to begin production for Season 5 on Jan. 1, 2016 and will return to Netflix around four months later in June, according to TheWrap.

"Netflix is determined to do more episodes, so we're going to do more episodes," Grazer said on Tuesday's "Adam Carolla Show" podcast.

Grazer said that television studio behind the show, 20th Century Fox, is on board again and that he had just informed creator Mitchell Hurwitz of the news from the podcast's green room.

In April, Grazer said the next season would consist of 17 episodes, up from Season 4's 15 episodes.

A Netflix representative told Business Insider the streaming video service had no comment on Grazer's statements.

More than three years ago, Netflix revived the canceled series with a Season 4 run in May 2013. Previously, it aired on Fox for three seasons from 2003-2006.

T, which includes his son George Michael (Michael Cera), his father George Bluth Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor), his mother Lucille (Jessica Walter), his brothers George Oscar Bluth II (Will Arnett), Buster Bluth (Tony Hale) and sister Lindsay Funke (Portia de Rossi), Lindsay's husband Tobias (David Cross), and their daughter Maeby (Alia Shawkat).

Ron Howard, who also serves as an executive producer, narrates the Golden Globe-winning comedy.

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